My sense is that on New Mandala we could, in this our fourth year, do a better job of identifying and explicitly dealing with a wider range of social and political issues in mainland Southeast Asia. It’s not that we do a bad job; it’s just that sometimes we don’t step back from the immediate [...]
Fifty-two questions for the study of mainland Southeast Asia
July 1st, 2009 by Nicholas Farrelly · 20 Comments
Tags: Asian Studies
Reptile granted royal title
July 1st, 2009 by Andrew Walker · 6 Comments
There was a flurry of media excitement last week when it was announced that a prehistoric reptile had been granted a highly auspicious royal title.
The ancient land turtle was named “Basilochelys macrobios, in honour of His Majesty the King” according to The Nation. Drawing on my longstanding expertise with scientific nomenclature, I translated the royal turtle title [...]
Tags: Environment · Thailand